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[Revsson]

Wow, there is a lot of rust for a 2008, or is that normal. I mean it seems that after the
fenders were removed and under the engine, etc. I see it had under 27k on the
odometer. Did they say how long it had been sitting or when the accident was?

Did it take you 3.5 hours to get home because you were driving the recommended 45 mph?
I was in Illinois last week, with my brother driving his car at 70 mph. We
were passed by someone hauling a U-Haul trailer. Only a slight swaying of
the back end, so not sure if it was fully loaded or not. I would assume an
empty trailer would have caught the wind and swayed?

Anyway, thanks for taking pics and letting us see all the nooks and crannys.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Revsson

Wow, there is a lot of rust for a 2008, or is that normal. I mean it seems that after the
fenders were removed and under the engine, etc. I see it had under 27k on the
odometer. Did they say how long it had been sitting or when the accident was?

Did it take you 3.5 hours to get home because you were driving the recommended 45 mph?
I was in Illinois last week, with my brother driving his car at 70 mph. We
were passed by someone hauling a U-Haul trailer. Only a slight swaying of
the back end, so not sure if it was fully loaded or not. I would assume an
empty trailer would have caught the wind and swayed?

Anyway, thanks for taking pics and letting us see all the nooks and crannys.

Much of the rust is due to the loss of paint. Under the hood though, most of the non-treated steel parts are rusty. The aluminum of the engine and transmission are very oxidized as well. The hood was on the car, but the fenders were mostly gone, as was the bumper, so quite a bit of water made its way under there. The title was signed over to the insurance company in May of 08, and the guy I bought it from bought it at an auction in March of this year, so the car was exposed to the elements for over a year.

The 3 1/2 hours was just a long run from Western Connecticut to North of Albany, New York. On the way up with the trailer empty I was running at the speed limit. On the way home it was often hard to do more than 50. In hind sight, I should have used my trailer (which could easily handle the weight of the Yaris), rather than that wicked heavy uhaul one.